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Stefan Schennach and Cezar Florin Preda, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Azerbaijan, ahead of their visit to Baku, have welcomed the recent release of Mehman Aliyev, director of the independent media outlet Turan. Read more

The Socialist Group at the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe: “A formal dismissal is long overdue – now PACE has the legal basis to do so” On Friday 30 June 2017, 158 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of ...

Statement The Socialist Group at the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe: “We call all members and former members of our group to fully cooperate with the independent external investigation body” On Monday, 26 June 2017 the Parliamentary Assembly ...

PACE has denounced a series of methods used to exert political influence over journalists – ranging from physical threats and detention through to intimidation and harassment of editors and journalists, more “insidious” psychological pressure aimed at inducing self-censorship, or putting ...

PACE today expressed deep concern about the number of Court judgments pending before the Committee of Ministers – nearly 10,000 – despite some progress, and even though all these judgments are not at the same stage of implementation. Read more

PACE has called on European countries to show “political courage” in integrating refugees, pointing out that certain states – such as Germany or Sweden – have valuable experience in managing the integration of high numbers of refugees which they could ...

Investigative journalism is a “public asset” and a “key weapon in tackling corruption”, the Assembly said in a resolution adopted today, on the basis of a report by Gülsün Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC). Read more

Stepping up the fight against corruption and restoring trust in the efficiency and effectiveness of democratic institutions “must be a priority” for many European democracies, including European institutions, the Assembly said today at the end of a debate on promoting ...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg, has decided to amend its Rules of Procedure and to institute a procedure to bring into play the institutional accountability of holders of elective offices ...

“We strongly condemn the imprisonment of Enis Berberoğlu and support the protest march in Turkey” On Wednesday, 15 June 2017 Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s party (CHP), has begun a march from the country’s capital, Ankara, to its ...